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BODY. OFFICERS SAY HALF A DOZEN CUSTOMERS WERE EATING AND NO ONE WAS HURT. OSCEOLA COUNTY. A HISTORIC SUMMIT ON HOMELESSNESS TODAY. THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMISSION ON HOMELESSNESS SAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME LEADERS ARE LEARNING ABOUT EXACTA DATA ON HOMELESS FAMILIES IN THEIR COUNTY. GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN HAS THE LATE BREAKING DETAILS. ONE FACT COMING OUT OF THIS SUMMIT IS AT ANY GIVEN TIME THERE ARE 1700 FAMILIES HOMELESS OR WHO NEED HOUSING HERE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. WHAT'S WORSE? WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HELP LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF THOSE PEOPLE. SO WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET NEW RESOURCES ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL AND BUILD THOSE RESOURCES RIGHT HERE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE IN NEED. MORE THAN 300 LEADERS ATTENDED THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. A SUMMIT TODAY IN CELEBRATION. THEY LEARNED THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOMELESS IN OSCEOLA COUNTY ARE NOT FROM FLORIDA AND THAT 86 PERCENT OF THE FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN MOTELS. IN ONE COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT, A HOTEL WAS CONVERTED. WE CAN VERTED ONE -- CONVERTED ONE HOTEL. A 40 UNIT HOTEL TO A 20 UNIT, ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT COMPLEX. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS TO GET FAMILIES OUT OF HOTELS. THE AVERAGE IS $200 A WEEK THEY'RE SPENDING ON A HOTEL. HOW DO WE HELP THEM CONVERT THAT MONEY INTO THEIR OWN APARTMENT AND OWN KEYS? NATIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSSED OTHER METHODS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. THE FAITH COMMUNITY. ALL THE ADVOCATE THAT'S CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS. SUPPORTERS SAY AFTER TODAY'S SUMMIT OSCEOLA COUNTY ALONG WITH TOP LEADERS WILL COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN TO PUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO WORK AND BRING ABOUT RESULTS THIS YEAR.